 TheGrandMaster (1856), Auckland, New Zealand
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 17, 2008 Bottle (in NZ), pours a deep reddish brown with a filmy head. A christmas spice hop aroma, with cakey malt, caramal, banana, currants, licorice, and rum. A full malty palate, sugary, with caramal malt with those christmas flavours picked up in the aroma. The finish is firey and spicy.
gerardoluna (195), Mexico
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 15, 2008 Updated: Sep 18, 2008[Eyes] Dark brown like the classic color with a moorefoamy white head.
[Nouse] The aroma is festive and strong... Christmas fruity with hints of banana, malt caramel, yeast, vanilla, and brown cuban sugar.
[Mouth] Great Full body with nice and gentile carbonation, notes of flavors of sweet, strong fruits, sugar and yeast.
The Afther taste is long and sweet with a touch of caramel and vanilla. mmm!
Serving type: bottle
JuStuka (187), Edo De Mex, Mexico
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 2, 2008 Deep brown color, aroma sweet with notes of maple syrup, malt, bread, Flavor is sweet with hints of roasted malt, caramel, toffee.
Quevillon (1522), Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 31, 2008 Bu au Festival Bière et Saveur 08 (31/8), en bouteille au kiosk de Brouhaha. Ambrée noisette, très peu de collet. Arome de caramel anglaise malté mentale, avec des notes de mélasse légé. Goût de caramel anglaise licoreuse, bien malté, pas si alcoolisé et un peu sûterre. Bonne bière de Noël pour la Fête du Travail!
Angeloregon (2025), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 31, 2008 Thanks to Dave from By the Bottle for letting me in on a two-year-old bottle of this. Poured a dark brown, effervescent body with a medium off-white head. Nutty, mildly cardboardy, brown sugary, candied, and spicy. Apples, sweets, malts, bubblegum, and coriander flavors. Held up well being cellared. Great tasting complex beer.
dkachur (2349), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 21, 2008 11.2 oz. bottle from Market Street Wine Shop Downtown Charlottesville dated 03/08/10. Hazy reddish brown with a big head. Moderate retention and low lacing. Aroma is banana, spice, pineapple, spice. Sweet taste shows notes of pinepple, anise, brown sugar. Alcohol is barely noticeable if at all in either the nose or the taste. Very nice way to end the evening!
Borresteijn (1395), Amsterdam, Netherlands
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Aug 18, 2008 On tap. Dark brown beer, beige head. Aroma of candy, christmas spice, malts. Flavour is very sweet, a bit sour, christmas spice (speculaas), roasted malts. Again, like most of their beers, way too sweet for me.
puzzl (2599), New York, New York, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 10, 2008 Bottle. Deep brown pour with a minor head. This beer was not what I was expecting at all. Pine and juniper dance around the malt-sweet and charcoal aroma. Big, lightly sweet malts in the flavor are unctuous but extremely drinkable, with a fast, tobacco and floral finish. Definitely the most drinkable 10.5% alcohol beer I’ve ever had. Well done.
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